Don't hide bad news. With multiple information channels available, bad news always becomes known. Be candid right from the start.

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

Many times when people have a vision, they think in terms of a big vision - I want to take my city for Christ. But the problem with many pastors and this type of vision is this: they haven't developed the strategy to fulfill that vision. A pastor preaches a dream or vision to his/her people, they get excited for a week, a month, or a couple of months, but there is no strategy, planning, or process to fulfill that vision.

Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.

A person sometimes can't make a decision unless they know what decision to make.

We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. We cannot control life's difficult moments but we can choose to make life less difficult. We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, but we can control the atmosphere of our minds. Too often we try to choose and control things we cannot. Too seldom we choose to control what we can ... our attitude.

I think that self-discipline has to be accompanied by passion.